REAL MUSIC最炙手可热的钢琴手OMAR的最新大碟,[神秘的旅程]充分展现了音乐家全力迈进、开创新篇章的奔放激情与泰然优雅。融合了轻柔爵士与新世纪乐的精粹,Omar的第三张个人专辑无疑又有了新的提升,尽显时尚优雅风情洒脱,更受乐迷喜爱,NEWAGE钢琴和FLAMENCO的完美结合,绝对不能错过!
奥马尔的前张专辑《Free As A Brid翱翔万里》让他成为音乐界不能小视的力量。而今他的第三张专辑《Secret Journey秘密旅程》又让我们了解到这位音乐家更上一层楼的作曲才华、没有羁绊的激情和泰然自若的优雅。建立在世界音乐的主题之上,层叠铺设着融合爵士和新世纪音乐,这张专辑中,奥马尔的音乐已变得独具特色,且能高度地被听众理解着,这张专辑拥有所有可成为排行榜榜首和评论家宠儿的配方。
by William Ruhlmann
Secret Journey is new age pianist Omar Akram's third album, but it is his first to be released under his full name; his previous releases, Opal Fire and Free as a Bird, were billed simply to Omar. On the evidence of Secret Journey, Akram might consider using an even longer name, the Omar Akram Band, for example, or some more imaginative title, since the music on the album is anything but solo piano work. On the contrary, Akram's piano is just one instrument weaving around in the arrangements alongside Charlie Bisharat's violin, Pedro Eustache's flute, and Ardeshir Farah's and Ramon Stagnaro's acoustic guitars in what is really ensemble playing. Akram, the son of a diplomat, has a broad international perspective that informs the music he writes with producer Gregg Karukas, who provides much of the rhythmic accompaniment in the form of drum and percussion programming and additional keyboards. The rhythm tracks often exhibit a Middle Eastern or Indian influence, particularly when Ron Wagner, whose credit is "ethnic percussion," weighs in. But the major element in the music is the interaction between Akram, Bisharat, Farah, and Stagnaro, with Eustache coming in here and there, and as often as not, Bisharat and the guitarists are more dominant than the pianist himself. Fans of contemporary instrumental music should be prepared for some exotic flavors on this pleasant, stimulating album, though nothing that will really disturb their palates.